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Czech Republic national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Sep 9, 2014 at 7.45pm UK
 
Netherlands national football team

2-1

Dockal (21'), Pilar (91')
FT(HT: 1-0)
de Vrij (55')

Daryl Janmaat takes blame for loss to Czech Republic

Netherlands defender Daryl Janmaat takes responsibility for the loss to the Czech Republic in Group A on Tuesday night.

Netherlands defender Daryl Janmaat has taken the blame for the 2-1 defeat to the Czech Republic, after making the mistake which led to the home side's winner in their Euro 2016 qualifying clash.

Just as it looked like both sides would be settling for a point in the Group A opener, an attempted header from Janmaat to Jasper Cillessen saw the ball strike the post, and allowed Vaclav Pilar to tap home from close range in stoppage time.

"Yes, that's right. This is my fault and it is inexcusable," the Newcastle United full-back told NOS when asked whether he felt that he was to blame for the defeat.

"It was a big mistake, I wanted to head the ball back to Jasper, but I didn't hit it well. Now I've scored a sort of own goal and feel very bad about it. It felt like the ground had been swept away underneath me. Czech Republic away isn't easy, but we had to win this one."

Guus Hiddink has also revealed his anger with his side's inability to take something from the game.

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Czech Republic's Lukas Vacha (L) and Vladimir Darida (R) and Netherland's midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum vie for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2016 Group A match on September 9, 2014
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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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